Victron SmartShunt 500A Bluetooth Battery Monitor

The Victron SmartShunt 500A/50mV IP65 is an all-in-one battery monitor using a phone, tablet or GX device as its display.

Five hundred amps suits typical marine, RV and off-grid house banks including systems with inverters. It is the size most boats actually need, and it gives better resolution at everyday currents than the 1000A and 2000A shunts do.

IP65 sealing allows the shunt to sit in the damp position near the batteries where it belongs. The standard version would want a protected enclosure in the same place, which is an extra job and an extra thing to seal.

Bluetooth connects to VictronConnect, and VE.Direct allows connection into a wider Victron system. Using a phone as the display removes a panel cutout and a gauge cable, at the cost of needing to pick something up to read the bank. Explore more battery monitoring.

• 500A is the size most boats actually need
• Better resolution at everyday currents than 1000A
• IP65 sits in the damp position near the batteries
• The standard version needs an enclosure there